From Donald Trump to Brexit, the refugee crisis and war in Syria to the continuing catastrophe of climate change – 2016 has been a difficult year. But the Guardian’s independent reporting has sought to make sense of events and hold power to account

Kemp Powers’ play One Night in Miami revolves around a 1964 encounter between Cassius Clay, Malcolm X and Sam Cooke. At a time of trauma in the US, we must remember not just their defiance but the way they shaped the future